Park Brake Fault

[USAFbuckeye]

There are barking brake shoes, they go for around $70 on ebay.

This is one link found on the D3 forum. There is a good download on the 2d or 3d page.
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic25409.html?highlight=brake+bible

It's all pretty simple.

 

[trouguex]

Houm: The noise you are hearing is unfortunately all to common. Had you gotten rear brakes on your truck in the last couple months? What happens is when they install new brake rotors the parkiing brake shoes drag on the new rotors thus wearing them down and they get to a point where the parking brake actuator over extends beyond its adjustment range. The next thing is that the parking brake cables stretch because of the over extension and the gear inside the actuator will strip causing you horrible noise. Yes, sometimes they can adjust the parking brake shoes back into spec and make the noise go away for a while but eventually it will come back and you will need to replace the parking brake actuator assembly. If you have the extended warranty you should only have to pay for the rear brake rotors, pads and sensor.

 

[Houm_WA]

Hmmm...it's quite possible. I'd never associated the brake job with the EPB howling before though. Maybe because it didn't happen RIGHT after my rear pad replacement. Either way, it was taken care of. Cost me $100 the first time, and nothing the second time. I believe that in each case they replaced the actuator.

 

[CMGRover]

Prolly a dumb question, but why are people with automatic transmissions using parking brakes? I mean, isn't the vehicle physically incapable of moving with the transmission in park and either the park pin or ball (how ever LR does it) engaged?

Just wondering...

I do now because I had an 02 Bravada that popped out of Park and hit my company car....

Yep; you're actually supposed to apply the park brake, put the tranny in N; release the foot brake and then put the tranny in park to explicitly put the weight on the brake and take it off the park pin.

I do that if I'm on an incline....which is rare here...

 

[jazzy_james]

To repair the parking brake actuator is going to cost me $1772.84 parts and labor, plus tax.

 

[Houm_WA]

That ain't right...it shouldn't even be half of that! Is that the only game in town?